Pollution and popularity prompts $20 5m overhaul of Tauranga waste service nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Closure, upgrade and new construction: $20.5m overhaul announced for Tauranga s waste services
17 Mar, 2021 08:15 PM
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A popular Tauranga transfer station is closing to the public partly due to an unacceptable level of pollution seeping into stormwater drains.
The announcement comes as part of a $20.5 million overhaul to the city s waste management services in which the Maleme Street Transfer Station will close while a new facility will be built as part of a major upgrade to the Te Maunga Transfer Station.
It was also expected that much of the transfer station s services would no longer be as needed with the start of the council s kerbside waste collection in July.
Posted on 20-03-2021 09:05 | By Wundrin
On the one hand we have the council trying to disuade people from using cars, ostensibly to save the planet , on the other they’re forcing the public to drive the extra distance to drop their rubbish at Te Maunga. Or will we be welcome to use the bus to deliver our rubbish?
Disappoint !
Posted on 19-03-2021 17:14 | By Kancho
Closure of Maleme Street facility to the public will disappoint some people, but the introduction of the new kerbside service, etc Well once a fortnight green bin won’t take all my grass clippings let alone the pruning of hedge, trees, shrubs etc . I have no idea how I will get across the city or even where ? So disappoint hardly covers it for me. I suspect a lot of people in South Tauranga and surrounding area will not be happy either. Of course there is a lot of items that won’t be handled by bins for bulky items either. I think TCC have withdrawn a responsible service with no option and I won’t be sur
Kleana Bins worth little after Tauranga City Council kerbside policy nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
$3 million business now worth basically nothing after Tauranga City Council kerbside policy
10 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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Sustainability and Waste Manager Sam Fellows with all the kerbside bins ready for distribution at Port of Tauranga. Photo / George Novak
Sustainability and Waste Manager Sam Fellows with all the kerbside bins ready for distribution at Port of Tauranga. Photo / George Novak
A Tauranga business once worth $3 million will be valued at basically nothing when the council starts kerbside waste collections, its owner says. Kleana Bins operator John Cruickshank said he would be left without his retirement fund and with more than 8000 useless bins.